The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-29
FEMININE FANClES.
Some Pretty Things In the Way of Ladies'
and Children's Wearing Apparel.

and Children's Wearing Apparel.
One of the prettiest and simplest
frocks for children is the so-called
MAY dress. The underskirt is plain
and full, like pinafore-simply drawn
together at the neck and wrists by
means. of tape, the sleeves being full
and loose. Over this is another SINH.
larry cut garment, only made with a
low, sqnare neck and no sleeves, merely
a band of ribbon over the shoulder with
bow in the middle.
For very little boys there comes a
pretty style of garment, such as are
worn by children at Oxford. They are
loose frocks of white wooden fabrics,
buttoning up the back, and the only
trimming deep sailor collar of cream
plush, which is put on afterwards, so
that the square part of the collar falls
in the back and the ends in front are
tied with ribbon bow. To make the
suit complete there is plain turban
cap of plush.
In handsome fabrics, silk, plush, vel
vet and the richer woolens with velvet
stripes, but little drapery are en-
ployed; the back of the overdreSs is
thickly gathered or plated and falls in
smooth folds over the large reeds in the
lower skirt Many of the materials
used in the latest French importations
are too handsome and heavy to be
draped at all and the costumes are
richly simple in design, not being
wrinkled or folded anywhere.
The chief novel feature in black cloth
is that fancy ones are to be worn in
stead of plain, especially boucle, frise
and plain stripes. These give them a
warmer aud more dressy appearance.
Some Of the fine viennas have cord
stripes, some have interviewer stripes
forming checks, and others have a large
coarse check on dice ground.
Blue fox and golden brown beaver
are the most popular for trimmings,
though not to the exclusion of many
other handsome kinds. Blue, so fash
ionable all last summer, loses none of
its popularity, and blue-fox tones well
with this favorite color. Not that the
fur is really blue-blue fur is as impos-
sible as blue rose-but it has certain
tinge of metallic blush gray that in u
degree justifies the name bestowed upon
it.
The popular Russian tulle, with its
coarse basket net, which has been so
much worn for small wells, is now
shown in light colors for evening dresses.
1t is very becoming as veil, and the
effect is excellent when worn over silk
in evening gowns. 1t does not crush
easily though it looks extremely light,
and wears even better than Brussels
net, besides being much newer. It's of
French manufacture, though christened
Russian tulle.
For bonnets heliotrope continues to
be the leading color, but will scarcely
grow widely popular, because it is a
difficult color to harmonic, and re-
quires all the other details of dress to
be perfect. Labrador is a beautiful
coal color which is used in dark shades
for the street, and the lighter tints for
evening wear. Acacia pink and tapest-
ry blue are other new colors for bonnets.
Steel embroidery is seen on many of the
new bonnets in combination with Labra-
dor velvet. For theater wear nothing
is more becoming to blonde woman
than the small bonnets of frilled black
lace, without strings. Y World.